Identity
Person No.
4804
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Boyd Alexander
Initials
B A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
45
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DIS 6,077
Died of disease
Cause of Death
Died of typhoid fever, at Lubumbashi, after service against the Germans in East Africa
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unknown
Unit History
Awards
Mentioned in Despatches (MID)
United Kingdom
Notes
Son of William Boyd Cuninghame and Marion Harriett Cuninghame (nee Paterson); husband of Elsie Cuninghame (nee Burrell, now Lady Baker, of Ranston, Blandford, Dorset). Served in the South African War. (Mentioned in Despatches.). b. 19th July 1871, Australia. In the Boer War he served in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Major Cunninghame belonged to an old West of Scotland family. He married in 1916 Elsie, daughter of R Burrell, Thetford. Cricketer for Free Foresters (1893), Scotland (1899), Marylebone Cricket Club (1899)
Citations
LG Sup 29 July 1902 pg. 4851 - Lord Kitchener's Despatch 23 June 1902
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